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Risk, Compensatory, Vulnerability, and Protective Factors Influencing Mental Health in Adolescence.
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Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Metzke, Christa Winkler – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2001
Studied the relative contribution to and function of general risk factors for mental disorders and compensatory, vulnerability, and protective factors in a sample of 1,110 preadolescents and adolescents in Switzerland. Identified general risk factors for both sexes and general compensatory factors, which included self-esteem and acceptance by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Parent Child Relationship
American Indian Adolescent Inhalant Use.
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Thurman, Pamela Jumper; Green, Vicki A. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1997
A study of inhalant use among 87 American Indian boarding school students aged 10-18 found that inhalant use was negatively related to participation in traditional tribal activities for both males and females and was also related to measures of cognitive ability and cognitive egocentrism for males. (Contains 43 references.) (SV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Cognitive Ability
Risk Factors for Substance Use among Mexican American School-Age Youth.
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Yin, Zenong; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1995
A survey of 2,216 low-SES Mexican American students in grades 4-6 investigated family, social, and psychological risk factors related to substance abuse. Use of major and minor substances was related to respondent score on an index of 11 risk factors. Relationship between major substance use and risk index was significantly greater for females…
Descriptors: Drinking, Drug Use, Elementary School Students, Family Characteristics